Example sentences of "he be [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 In a voice full of virginal astonishment he said , ‘ 'E were touchin' me fookin' cock . ’
2 Halfway up the aisle the Ted turned his head again to the packed house and in the same pained voice of injured innocence repeated , ‘ 'E were touchin' me fookin' cock . ’
3 ‘ Any'ow my Billy ai n't got much , an' what 'e 'as got 'e 's keepin' it fer 'imself . ’
4 All of thirteen and 'e 's shaving 'isself .
5 ‘ I thought I could pay a bit each week outa yower wages and Jack 's , but now 'e 's leavin' us , – she wept even louder .
6 I s'pose 'e 's told yer about me , ’ he said smiling .
7 ‘ As far as I know 'e was 'avin' it orf wiv one o' the young gels where 'e worked .
8 I mean my , one of my friend 's sons , he was a computer man , he was working on his own but he 's in his I should think he 's getting on for about forty six and he was doing freelance but this recession the people who er the firms who were employing him are using their own staff and they 're not calling on him now and er he 's not done any computing for twelve months .
9 The politicians around him are encouraging him in his insistence on the levy because they want to stop Patros . ’
10 Hey Gail and him are arranging their next date ?
11 He was listening to Mahler and the emotions the composer always aroused in him were affecting his game of computer chess , making it turbulent , unconsidered .
12 Nevertheless , for all that he 'd been around there was definitely something that was attractive and appealing about him ; only his eyes gave him away , because they could turn cold and introspective while those around him were whooping it up .
13 And the scent of him and the taste of him were making her giddy .
14 People who wanted information from him were noting his silence and making their judgments accordingly ; his life seemed to be funnelling down into a pit like so much waste water , and yet he could n't stir himself to the right kind of action .
15 Before him were carried his ‘ sceptre globe … his rich cap , beset with rich stones and pearles … and his six crownes ’ .
16 ‘ When I first read a small paragraph about him being arrested I remember my eyes popping out on stalks like a cartoon character . ’
17 Romans 8:29 tells us that God 's goal in our relationship with him is to conform us to the image of his Son .
18 Paul tells him about how John never got to go to Disneyland when he was little , and all his life John 's wanted to go , and Paul 's decided that the one thing they have to do for him is to take him to Disneyland .
19 In any piece of fiction there must be room for the reader — room for him to jump at a suggestion , to insert himself into a story , to respond to hints and clues : to be told what is offered to him is to encourage him to read passively and so to give him less than he deserves .
20 That is why to know him is to trust him , and to trust him is to begin to know ourselves .
21 Cos you , what you 've told him is did you talk about chapter eight ?
22 3.1 The only mechanism by which a court can seek to compensate a person who has suffered damage or loss in consequence of a wrong done to him is to award him monetary compensation , whatever the nature of the damage which he has in fact sustained .
23 The only way to stop him was to open it .
24 So one of the first things I did with Clive after hypnotizing him was to ask him simple questions — ‘ What is your full name ? ’ ,
25 He thought this was because he was bad and the evil in him was telling him to forget about them , but he would win , he would not forget .
26 Another one was : killing him was breaking my word to what I believe .
27 PHILIP SAYER , TO KNOW HIM WAS TO LOVE HIM .
28 The immediate effect she had on him was to make him strong , sure , steadied on himself as never before .
29 And if he stays behind that door ’ — the mounting gale of voices behind him was lifting him as he spoke , he wanted to jump on the factor , grab his hair and swing him against the door like a battering ram — ‘ we will fire the roof ! and smoke him out ! ’
30 He said he would have done considerably better had he been granted anything approaching equal access to the media and had tricks not been played against him .
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